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LOT 1645
Bronze Age Long Looped and Socketted Axehead
CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (319 grams, 12 cm).
With square-section collared socket and rectangular cheeks and straight cutting edge, small attachment loop. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA29; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
LiteratureCf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, for similar.
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